So what now? We've done the celebrating (and yes the party was very much up to scratch. Thanks for asking) but you can't rest on a grand slam, even if it is the second in four years. Our experience of 2008 is that you have to crack on.

In our case there are Tests to be played in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney this June where Wales have never won a series and even a one-off win has been a rarity; England are bound for South Africa and Ireland have the daunting prospect of a series in New Zealand with a Test in Christchurch, at Rugby League Park.

After the Six Nations we all head south with varying degrees of expectation, although there are plenty of issues to attend to before we step on the plane. For a start it would be nice to manage the remainder of the season for our players – say a couple of weeks off now after a tough two months; although it won't happen – and to address an issue which I had hoped had gone away: the refereeing of the breakdown.

Saturday against France we won, but we kicked a lot. To some it might have seemed like that period of aerial ping-pong two years ago and annoyingly the roots this time are similar – orders from the powers that be concerning how the tackle should be refereed.

It seemed more and more obvious to me as the Six Nations progressed that the refs had been instructed to referee the tackle to the letter of the law, rather than give a little bit of latitude to the attacking side.

No matter that the balance seemed to be right at last autumn's World Cup, increased whistling has been the order of the day and with teams once again worried about losing the ball in their own territory, they have opted to kick again.

Rather than risk a turnover under your own posts it's been more sensible to boot the ball away because we know it works. Two seasons ago at Wasps, we worked it out that when we kicked most we tended to win. Eighty or 90 kicks in a game were the norm and memorably Dan Carter once won a game for Crusaders by kicking a remarkable 47 times.

It's a poser, but hopefully by June – no doubt when we've seen a bit more of Super Rugby – we'll see the situation restored because, even though I'm a defence coach, I'd be the first to say that you have to cut attackers a bit of slack if you're going to see attractive rugby. Anything less than perfection at the breakdown currently risks a blast on the whistle, and we all know that perfection is a rare commodity in a game of so much physicality and so many complexities.

The other posers to be settled before the summer tours concern a couple of coaches, Stuart Lancaster of England and Andy Robinson of Scotland, although the biggest headache for Twickenham would appear to be finding a way to keep the trio of England coaches, Lancaster, Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree together.

I gather that Nick Mallett, in his role as South African television commentator on Saturday's Test at Twickenham, more or less conceded that the job was Lancaster's and there is no difficulty that I can see in keeping Rowntree on Twickenham's books. However, the problem comes with Farrell, who was released by Saracens to do a specific job for a specific period which is now over.

They are making no bones about wanting Farrell back and he'll be working with Saracens from today onwards. The poser is that while Andy is a fiercely loyal man who clearly loves working at Saracens, he is also very much part of an England package that would be better kept together if Lancaster is to build on the solid foundations he's already put down.

And Robinson? Seven defeats on the bounce, a wooden spoon, two wins in 15 Six Nations outings are reason enough for any coach to consider his future, but I'd like him to stick around to see if his partnership with the Australians, Scott Johnson and Matt Taylor, produces the right chemistry.

After all, Robinson keeps finding players like David Denton and Stuart Hogg. Tim Visser, who has been scoring tries for fun since leaving Newcastle, will be qualified in the summer and word is that Scottish eyes are focused on Tom Heathcote, Bath's England Under-20 outside-half.